i'm coming slow but speeding...

Wednesday, December 14, 2005

Last paper of the year... Of COURSE I'm going to procrastinate. Would you expect anything less from me at this point?

this weekend wasn't particularly exciting, but horribly draining. I worked a full 14 hours between the tucc and koji on sunday. some scheisty shit went down at koji sunday night. we have a particular customer that comes in regularly. she does not have an ID. by CT state law, i cannot serve her a drink. however, since she claims she will be 23 next week, my manager sees no problem with serving her anyway. i stood up to him and told him i am not comfortable taking care fo them, as if we happened to get busted right then, it'd be my job on the line. [gotta love clauses in the law that hold ME, and not the owner respionsible for knowledgeable alcohol service to a guest without proper identification. while they get a fine, and maybe a liquor liscense suspension, I get fired and fined. yay.] well, he told me to trust her, and to serve her anyway, at which point i took my apron off, told him i am not accepting responsibility for that table, and cashed out. there is NO way i am taking the fall for this moron who thinks that you can get away with shit like that.

granted, i feel slightly hypocritical reacting so, since they let me drink there before i was 21... but i work behind a bar, so its perposterous to think that the barflies wouldnt be buying us shots and whatnot. my job pretty much requires me to drink, and they understand that. im not some cute girl that rolls in, boobs about to pop out of my v-neck in 15 degree weaher, making up some story about the DMV needing to mail me an ID card and how its taking months.

but i digress. i refused them service, and the bartender gave me kudos for putting my foot down. owner or no owner telling me to serve them, i have two major rights as a server: i have the right to refuse service to anyone i want, and i have the right to disobey my manager when they try to disobey the law.

small things like that make me think that sometimes connecticut aint so bad after all.

just finished the last paper i need to write for this calendar year. liberation IS. so once i hand in the paper tomorrow, i will keep in elkovich tradition of major (or not-so-major but yay-worthy events) by proclaiming as i leave CLAS..

"ME!! VACATION ME!!"

i love being an elkie.

jules was lost in thought at 2:43 AM

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